establishment

establishment is a 13-letter English word with 10 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation. Face value is 20 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

13 letters · Scrabble 20 · Words With Friends 23 · 10 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation.
2. noun. The state of being established, founded, and the like; fixed state.
3. noun. That which is established; as: (a) A form of government, civil or ecclesiastical; especially, a system of religion maintained by the civil power; as, the Episcopal establishment of England. (b) A permanent civil, military, or commercial, force or organization. (c) The place in which one is permanently fixed for residence or business; residence, including grounds, furniture, equipage, etc.; with which one is fitted out; also, any office or place of business, with its fixtures; that which serves for the carrying on of a business; as, to keep up a large establishment; a manufacturing establishment.
4. noun. the act of forming or establishing something

   "the constitution of a PTA group last year"

   "it was the establishment of his reputation"

   Synonyms: constitution, formation, organisation, organization

5. noun. a public or private structure (business or governmental or educational) including buildings and equipment for business or residence
6. noun. the cognitive process of establishing a valid proof

   Synonyms: validation

7. noun. an organization founded and united for a specific purpose

   Synonyms: institution

8. noun. any large organization
9. noun. the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something

   "he claims that the present administration is corrupt"

   "the governance of an association is responsible to its members"

   Synonyms: administration, brass, governance, organisation, organization

10. noun. (ecology) the process by which a plant or animal becomes established in a new habitat

    Synonyms: ecesis

Synonyms

constitution, formation, organisation, organization, validation, institution, administration, brass, governance, ecesis

Common word forms

establishments

Words from these letters

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